Bottle-holder.



C. A. FOLLY,

BOTTLE HOLDER.,

vAPPLlcAmm FILED JUNE zo. 1917.

Patent-ea 0015. 16,1917.

WIT/1158858 lit.

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STATES PATENT @FlilltlE-- CORNELIUS A, FOLLY, OF BOONTON, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Application filed .Tune 20, 1917.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS A. FOLLY, a citizen of the United States7and a resident of the city of Boonton, in the county of hf'lorris andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Holder, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a bottle holder and particularly to a holderfor milk bottles7 and has for an object the provision of improvedconstruction whereby as the bottle is delivered to a customer it isautomatically locked in the holder against removal until the customerhas opened a door or window adjacent thereto.

nother object in view is to provide a holder for mill; bottles which maybe arranged adjacent av door or window, or a number of holderssuperimposed for receiving any desired number of bottles and locking`the same against removal iuitil the customer has opened the door orwindow.

-i further object of the invention is the provision of a holder, whichis made of a minimum number of parts, but which will receive a bottleandhold the same in a locked position.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a holder,which when the bottle is positioned therein, presents such a structureas to accommodate the expanded mill; when frozen, and to prevent removalby an unauthorized person.

Yln the accompanying drawings,

Figure l. is a sectional view through a door. and a holder embodying theinvention, two bottles being shown. in connection therewith;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 3 on line 2 2;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the holder shown in Fig. 2;

is a sectional view through Fig. 8 on line 4 fl;

Fig. is a detail perspective view of a locking trough embodying certainfeatures of the invention;

Fig. (3 is a detail perspective view of a locking pawl disclosed incertain features of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a slightly modified form of the locking trough as shown inFig. 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, l indicates a doorwhich is supported in any suitable way, as for in- Specification ofLetters Patent,

Patented Got. 16, 31917.

Serial No. 175,770.

stance, by hinges 2, so as to swing inwardly, or awa-y from the holder2, whereby the bottles l and 5 may be pulled from the holder 3 towardthe position occupied by the door l. lt will be noted that the bottle drests on the door sill and also interlorls with the holder 3, and thatbottle 5 rests on the holder 23 and is arranged so that the upper endwill interlock with another holder above the same. Any desired number ofholders 3 may be used adjace t door l, or if it is not convenient toemploy the same adjacent a door, the holders may be arranged adjacent awindow. so that when the window is raised or moved to one side thebottle may be pulled inwardly in a horizontal plane.

rThe idea is to provide means whereby the delivery man may force thebottles into the holders in a horizontal plane from the outside, but noone can remove the same from the outside, while the customer may openthe door or window and remove the bott-les inwardly.

rlhe holder B is made from a minimum number of parts and with only onemovable part. namely the locking pawl 7. s sho wn in the drawing thereare three parts which are preferably cast and a rivet 8 for securing twoof the parts together, namelyv the trough 9 and the section l0 of thebody ll.. Section l0 as shown in Fig. l is raised above the remainingpart of the bony whereby the space l2 is provided which will ptrmit thefrozen milk to expand without breaking anyv parts. rlhe beveled 'l endsi, and le of the section l0 will guide they frozen milk away from thebottle, said beveled ends heilig' assisted b v the beveled sides l5 and1G of the trough 9. lt will be noted that the body ll has a web orraised portion l0 having' eads 17 and 18. on which the upper bottle 5,either of a full sized variety or smaller variety is adapted to rest.-loug the edges of the body 3, are sido members 19 and 20 which extendabove and below the body approximately the saine distance, said members19 and Q0 being provided with suitable apertures 2l for receivingsecuring means for holding the holder in position. lllhen thereY is nobottle on the upper part of the holder an unauthorized person may removethe securing means above the bod),v 3, but when there is a bottle in theholder below in the body 3 said bottlel would be in the way of theunauthorized person from attempting to remove the securing nienbers fromthe lower apertures 2l. lepending flanges and are prorided on the bod.v1l as shown in Fig. i for guioing the bottle and for preventing anunauthorized person from being able to remore the locking paul from outof its correct position as shown in Fig. 2, Where in case a knife orother thin instrument is inserted, said knife or instrument- Will beforced to engage the paul in the notch or slot and thereby tV preventany lifting of the paul. A stop or projection 25 is made on the upperend of the paWl, said stop or projection engaging part of the trough 9as snoun in L n limiting the downward sfinging moreni of the paul.iban-.il T may be made in l suitable manner, as for instance by castirand Wnen formed it is preferably formed With integral journaledextensions fo and 2T fitting into the notches 2S and in trough 9, thereboing a slot or ape re 3G for allowing the free increment of the pa whenthe bottle is being inserted., By p V yidin the trough 9 separate fromthe bedr a n i ,Ll uw 1l. trouh 9 maiv7 be cast il desired as Wen as thebody ll and paul f, at ine same time presenting a stop and a freepiyotally mounted paul. it Will be noted from Fig. 2 that the paWlengages the bottle and cannot beA raised by a knife or other instrumentby reason of the engagement of the botj de and cannot be swung in theopposite direction by reason of the extension so that the only Way thatthe paul can be remoyed to a position out of the uay is by moring thebottle inwardly toward the door l and through the doorway, Vwhich cannotbe done until the door has been opened so tha an unauthorized personcannot remore the bottle.

T he construction of the trough 9 as shonn in Figs. el and 5 ispreferable as it gives better spreading action to the frozen mill; whenexpanding and also acts better in a mold when casting, but if desired aslightly modied form can be used, for instance, trough 3l as shown in FT, With the pointed or double beveled ends 32 and 3B.

ln forming the yarious parts they hare been constructed so as to be castin u'orlrable condition, -whereby all machine Work is eliminated, exceptthe provision of the apertures 2l and the rivet S, which must be put inposition after the trough and body ll have been assembled.

`What l claim is:

l. ln a bottle holder of the character described, a body provided with apair of depending flanges, between which the upper end of the bottle ispositioned when the` holder is in use, and a locking pawl connected withthe body and fitted into the up- Lafrance per part of said bottle, saidlocking paul being provided with a slot for preventing unauthorizedlifting thereof.

2. in a holder of the character described, a body provided -with pair ofdepending iianges, between which the upper end of the bottle is designedto be positioned by the deliyeryman, and a pair of side members formedWith apertures for receiving securing members, a trough connected Withsaid body between said flanges, said trough ha *ing a notch, and alocking paul provided with journal members piyotally mounted said notchfor preyenting remo Tlal of said bottle in one direction.

3. n a holder of the character described, a body formed with sidemembers extending above and below the holder, and a raised section orplatform for receiving bottles, said body also being provided `With apair of depending on the under surface spaced a proper wistance apartfor receiving the upper partl of a-bottle, said side members being medwith openings for receiving securing members and means connected withsaid raised section for locking the lower bottle to the holder.

1l. in' a millr bottle holder of the character described, a bot y formedof side members having openings for receiving securing members, and araised central section proyiding space for the milk when frozen, atrough arranged in saidsection formed with bereled sides for directingthe millr as it mores du 1ing t ie freezing thereof, and a lockingmember carried by said trough for engaging the bottle arranged beneathsaid section. V.

5. ln a millr bottle holder of the character described, a body providedwith a raised central section, and a pair of depending flanges on thelower surface between which the bottle is adapted to be positioned, atrough connected to said body on the lower surface of said raisedsection, said trough haring a slot and a pair of journal receivinp'apertures, and a paul t-ted into said slot having journal membersextending into said apertures and an "t entension adapted to strike thetrough so as to limit the pirotal movement in one direction, said pa-Wlharing a notch for receiving an Vinstrument CGRNELUS A. FGLLY.

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